| In summer, the watercourse provides a green belt that distinguishes the town from the dun expanse that surrounds it. |
| He said afterwards that such a major development in a green belt was unacceptable. |
| Homeowners have received an anonymous letter warning them of an increase in illegal encampments on the green belt site. |
| Retrospective planning permission for the garage and underneath storage building, which is on green belt land, had already been refused. |
| Hyndburn Council refused to say whether or not it had told Mr Smith the land was in green belt. |
| He said Magellan had chosen the number of houses to reduce the footprint of development on the site, to reduce the impact on the green belt. |
